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Sun 09, Feb, 2014

Reto Ehrler visited the Khao Sok Nationalpark in southern Thailand for one week. During his daily walks through the rainforest, he managed to find several specimens of a Ornithoctonus species. He was able to find over 20 burrows in the road embarkements of the trail. As he was in a nationalpark, he had no chance to digg a specimen out. It’s prohibited and the rangers were very strict about it. Some of the specimens dug their burrow through big leafes, so their entrance was in the middle of that big leaf. The burrows are nicely camouflaged and might be a […]

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Research on arachnids is still in its early phase. Due to our passion, we are conducting various fieldtrips around the world to gather specific data for arachnids, mainly Theraphosidae, for further research.